DESY interview questions
Updated Feb 5, 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
Mostly positive
How others got an interview
- 27%In PersonIn Person
- 9%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 9%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
Interview search
15 interviews
DESY interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at DESY as 50% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.71 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Firmware Engineer and Software Engineer rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Software Engineer and Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter for Hard X-ray Scattering Group roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at DESY takes an average of 80 days when considering 7 user submitted interviews across all job titles. To compare, the average duration of hiring at similar companies like BlackRock, Inc. is 14 days, Fabricated Software, Inc. is 2 days, and Apple Inc. is 21 days. Candidates applying for Software Engineer had the quickest hiring process (on average 60 days), whereas Posdoctoral Researcher roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 120 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at DESY according to 7 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 23%
Group panel interview: 23%
Skills test: 15%
Presentation: 15%
Phone interview: 15%
Background check: 8%
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